Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-06
HOW ACTRESSES mAKE UP.
Care and Carelessness I'm the Use of Cosmetics and the Effects on the Complexion.

Care and Carelessness I'm the Use of |
 Cosmetics and the Effects on the l
 Complexion.
 (Frenl the New York world]
 There is @ marked difference in the man ner in which actresses treat their complex ions, which must perforce suffer to a cer- tain extent from the nightly use of cos metics. The result usually is that their faces in the daylight show 8 multitude of
 fine wrinkles spread over the skin like a
 cobweb, caused by the drying effect of
 paint and powder, which absorb the natu-
 ral oils of the skin and destroy it's smooth
 ness. It requires the greatest care to coun- teract this tendency, and many, being too indolent to bestow it, suffer all the ire. mediable consequences. Helen Dauvray has an exquisite skin and takes the greatest care of it. She never applies any cosmetic ! until the last moment before appearing on the stage, and then adds touch of rose to the tips of her pretty fingers as we'll as to her cheeks. As soon as the curtain is | down on the final act she is back in her l dressing room and removes all traces of ! paint. Water will not take it out, and the face is only injured by washing it while painted, but any sort of oleaginors sub \ stance will remove it effectually. Miss Dauy ray uses 8 preparation she calls eu- cumber cream, laying it on thickly over her face and then rubbing it off energeti-
 eally with rough towel, the paint all com ing out with it, leaving the skin smooth and
 clean. The result of this care is that her
 skin shows nothing of the opaque. dry pallor
 that is comRon among actresses, and is as
 fresh and rosy as young girls. Ellen Ter \ rvs face of morning is sight to behold,
 and warning to heed also. She wears no
 rouge, but rubs on her face thick coat ot ! chalk, which gives it a most ghastly and un- ' healthy appearance. Under the chalk one | sees the skin is shriveled and dead looking. She also rubs her eyelids with the black pen \ cil that is part of every theatrical make | up" and outfit, and bits of the black may be
 seen in her eyelashes and brows, with a re- | suit that is anything but pleasing. Her hail
 too is dyed and looks as dry and brittle as
 hay. She has not taken care of herself and | the result has been most unfortunate. Miss [ Eastlake uses no cosmetic in the daytime, \ but her skin shows the effect of the nightly ! application and the want of care in removing it. It is dry and pale, though she is enly \ twenty-five years old.
 ' Annie Pixley uses few cosmetics at any \ time, even on the stage. She would never \ be taken for actress either in manner ol ' appearance; her skin is fine and soft as
 baby's, and her curly yellow hair has also ar infantile sheen and silkiness Maud Harri \ son usually has touch of color under hel
 veil. Annie Robe has lovely English skin ! and never puts even powder upon It. Hel
 roles are usually weeping ones, and pallo !, suits them better than roses. Rosina Vokes \ who cares not snap of her finger for he looks, never paints and finds her gowns II 1. the rag bag. Brandon Thomas, who played ! with her two seasons ago, had skin tha \ was the envy of all women both on and ot the stage, and he never put bit of anything | upon it. It was as rosy and sat1ny as de butantes. The Langtry has been looking | upon the rouge pot when it was red of late
 her early English bloom is somewhat on tn wane and art has to piece out nature. Mar. ! ' Anderson makes herself up very skllfully | even with & good glass and an orchestra sea it is difficult to see inst how it is put on, bu \ she never wears paint except before the foot ! lights, and takes as much pains as Miss Dauv . \ ray to evade the effects of it's nightly appli \ cation. Bernhardt uses it sparingly, and a ' she generally puts full stop to the last ac . \ by dying, she removes it 6 little through eac | act up to the third, when the white paint be ] | gins to go on and the dark blue pencil B ! cast the shadows of coming events aroun 9 her eyes and mouth. She paints her lip 2 though all the year round with and indell ' ble stuff and does it most artistically. Bern l hardt has naturally an ugly mouth, large an 6 with thin, pallid, formless lips. To rectif
 ' this she begins on the under lip, paints
 ! thin red line from the corner, widening it tt
 \ wards the middle and curving again into th other corner. This makes the mouth loo \ much smaller and the under lip full an
 rosier. The upper lip is treated in the sam way, only she makes two sharp curves o q each side of the center, which gives tt 0 proper Cupid's-bow shape. The result l. that her rosy mouth is reduced in apparer | \ size and looks like the brides whose "liI U were red, and one was thin," and she lool Q \ five years younger than she does without tn s little adventitious aid to her beauty"